Garment-hanger.



0. SMITH.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION HLED MAR-31,1914.

1,169,202, Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

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OBERLINSIVIITH, OFBRILDGETONNEW JERSEY.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Toal lwhom it may concerns/ I 1 I n i Be it known that I, OBERLIN SMITH, of

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The object of my invention is to provide a hanger for garmentsfofvarious kinds, especially coats, vests, trousers, ladies sacks,

shirt waists, etc, which will facilitate and claimed. a

In the'accompanying drawings higure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is across section through the same; Fig. 31;: across section on the'line 3-3 of Fig. 2;. Fig. i is a perspective viewof another 'form'ofmy inven- I tion; Fig. 5 is a cross section similar to Fig.

3 showing a different construction; F Bis a detail view in section of combined frict on disks and spacing sleeve. I I

In carrying my invention into practice, I utilize any one of the various forms of garment hangers adapted to support such garments as coats, by suspending them upon curved arms, and such garments'as trousers, skirts, or the like,by clamping or gripping them, but getting rid of certain annoying features growing out of the use of these'devices due to the suspension thereof by means of hooks caught over brackets, or rods. As' ordinarily constructed and used,cthese d vicesso lack stability when they are sue-Y pended that it is very troublesome to apply a garment thereto, or remove it therefrom,

and ordinarily the device must be lifted off its. rod or hook which makes the operation ofremoving or applying the garment awkward and inconvenient,f'because only one hand is fully available for thepurpose,

"By my invention the garment engaging device itself, while conveniently. havingany' of the ordinary forms as to the matter of the garment supporting portion, is so mount ed or supported that itpossesses such inher;

.ent stabilityduring the operation of applying or removingagarment that both hands Bridgeton, in the county of Cumberland, and in the State of New Jersey, l aveinvent ed'a certain new and, useful Improvementin Garment-Hangers, and do hereby declare the following is a full, clear, and exact de Specification of Letters Patent-w Patented Jan, 25, 1916,- Application aiea uar n 31,1914, Seria1No.828,525.

are fully available'foi the purpose; Generallydescribed, I pivotally mount the gar-,

ment-engaging-member proper upon an arm that is pivotally mounted upon a fixed support within the clothes closet, or compart ment, so that by swinging said arm forward the garment support is brought, forward into the forepart of the closet, being therebyseparated from a "group, or series of others (it being preferable ordinarily to have a group or series. thereof) so that it is presented in. position for the convenient and comfortable.

' application of the garment to, or its removal.

therefrom, whileby its swinging it in. the opposite direction the hanger is returned. to

its inner or rearposition, means being provided toliold, or secure it automatically in each of its two extreme positions. I

Describing with some detail the, embodi-,

ments of my invention which are shown in the drawings, lOdesignates the garment sup port proper suited for the hangingof coats,

trousers, etc, each, instead of the customary hook for hanging, being provided with an eyell' by which it is pivotally suspended on the outer end of a light arm 12. The inner end offthe arm l-z is enlarged and is. rounded toforin more or less of a disk 13, which is provided with a central hole for pivoting it upon a shaft 14. On each side of the disk or head portion 13 there is a disk 15 that is mounted upon the pivoted shaft 14, means being provided to prevent turning of the disks-15 upon the shaft and the latter also. being nonrotatable, so that by the application of proper pressure from the disk 1'5 upon the arm head 13 enough frictionmay be produced, which, while allowing the ready turningof the arm, when it is desired, will; nevertheless, securely hold it from turning under the weight of any garment it may support. A convenient limit of swing tothearm '60, degrees to each. side of a vertical plane through the. axis, and as'it is desirable to provide a positive stopto limit the swing of the arm this can readily f be done by providing on theupper portion thearm and provides at each end'a shoulder 17, which'the edge of the arm strikes when the limitof swing is reached. I, ,7 WVhile, various devices by which to-provide a pivotal support for the arms and/a non-rotarysupport for the friction produced of each disk 15, a flange, or lip 16 that over, i hangs theperiphery of the 'diskportion' of iio disks may be employed, an eflicient and otherwise desirableconstruction is the one shown in the drawings wherein the shaft 14 takes the form of a tube that is provided with a longitudinal slot 18 into which projects a key like lug 19 on each disk :15 so that thereby'disks and shaft are held inside wall of the, closet,'or to the usual shelfsupporting cleat, or ledge 22 thereof, several screws 23 being passed through holes near the periphery thereof and. if desired thef rod itself'being prolonged either in the form ofa wood screw '24, or a threaded end adapted to pass through the wall 'and receive aclamping'nutfon the opposite. side. The

flange or collar 21 is provided with a key or spline 25.which enters the slot in the tubular shaft 14 and thereby the tubular shaft is'securely'restrained from, rotation.

the outer end of therod20, is threaded upon it is placed a butterfly nut 26, which, through the medium of an interposed metal washer 27 applies pressureto an elastic ring 28 which acting upon the outermost Washer 15 of the end garment hanger applies a yielding pressure to the entire series of disks and arms mounted upon the tubular shaft 14. 1 Adjacent garment hangers, or units are spaced apart by short sleeves 29' placed over the tubular shaft 14 between the disks 15 of adjacent units. If desired a sleeve and its two adjacent disks may be ofone piece, in the form ofa spool, as shown in Fig. 6.

In the form of my'invention illustrated in Fig.3, the-supporting and tension producf ingrod being of a length to oarryala'rge number of garment hangers, or units, is

mounted in the outer ends of. a pair of brackets which are. securedto the closet wall and in this case the bracket eye is provided with a key, such as the key 25 of Fig.

2, to hold the tubular shaft 14 from turning.

1 thus show inthe drawings two modes of support, but itis to be understood I do not limit myself to any particular means for mounting or supporting my garment hanger, or to supporting the same from anyv part cular portion of the closet or receptacle. Where a shelf is used it will be convenient to suspend the support from the under side ofthe shelf and. in various ways the adaptations may Vary.

I show ig. 5 another form of non-ro-t tative supportthan the slotted tube 14. In

this case a rod or shaft 140 square in cross section, but with its corners slightly'rounded, is employed, and the disks '15 are provided with square openings to conform to the shape of the rods 140 in cross section while the arms 12 are provided with preferably round openings so the disks 15cannot turn with the arms 12, but may turn as freely as friction of thedisks' upon them will permit.

The structural efficiency and simplicity of my invention-will be evident when it is considered that a single, vor common adjusting device provides the'required friction for'all ofthe'swinging arms and yet each arm may be swung upon its pivot without affecting any of the other arms.

ments may be compactly and in the most orderly manner supported in. their closets and the space most advantageously utilized,

It will be seen that by my invention garand yet. when a particular garment is desired itcan be brought toaposition where without disturbance of any of the other gar:

ments and bythe'employmentof both handsit may most conveniently and comfortably be removed and the operation of returning or replacing it can be easily'and comfortably performed, and this without the annoying twisting around upon anjap proximately vertical axis which occurs on ordinary hook-hung hangers.v

Having thus described .my'finvention what I claim is 1; A garment hanger, comprising aside by side series of garment-engaging members having affo'rmto receive and support a garment,"a movablev arm for each of said members' shiftable to project its said member from a position alongside its neighbor to one beyond it to afford convenient. access to said garment supporting member for applymg or removing. a garment, a pivotal con'-..

nection between. each member and its arm,

whereby in all positions of said arm said member remains in proper garment-supporting position, a common support for the arms on which each arm has an independent to and fro movement, which movement is in a plane perpendicular to the support, and

tionsto which it is movable. j I

2. A garment hanger, comprlsing a horizontallyextendmg shaft, a series of arms means to, hold said arm in thevarlous posimountedlon said shaft to swing to and fro: thereon, means to limit the swing of said arms through an are less than a circle, a garment-engagmg member proper havmg a form to receive and support a garment pivotally suspended from each of said arms so:

that it'remains in garment-supporting pos tion at all points of theswinging of the arm,and' means to hold each arm in the Various'positionsto which it is movable. y 3. A garment hanger COIIIPHSIIIg a series of garment-engaging members proper, arms suspending said members to swing on horizontal axes, a support for said arms upon which they are placed side by side and upon which they are movable to shift the position of the garment-carrying members proper in a vertical plane and independently of each other, friction devices for said arms, and a common adjusting means for said devices.

4c. A garment hanger, comprising a garment-supporting member proper, an arm suspending said member to swing on a horiz ontal axis, said arm also being pivoted on a horizontal axis, a pivotal support for" Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

